Joel Embiid, Karl-Anthony Cities gentle social media ablaze with historic scoring performances

Reigning NBA MVP Joel Embiid went off for a franchise-record 70 factors Monday evening, changing into the ninth participant in league historical past to succeed in that whole — and doing so on the seventeenth anniversary of Kobe Bryant’s 81-point efficiency. And for a very good, lengthy second, it appeared fairly possible that one other massive man would be a part of Embiid in eclipsing that uncommon threshold the identical night.

Karl-Anthony Cities netted a Minnesota Timberwolves team-record 44 factors within the first half earlier than slowing down after halftime, winding up with a career-high 62 factors.

As an alternative of changing into the primary time we have seen twin 70-pointers on the identical day, it as a substitute was the primary time since April 9, 1978, that two NBA gamers surpassed 60 factors in video games in tandem.

This is what the NBA world was saying concerning the unbelievable accomplishments.

Embiid acquired his laurels after he additionally grew to become the primary participant in NBA historical past to have 70 factors, 15 rebounds and 5 assists in a sport, because the Sixers beat the San Antonio Spurs, 133-123.

There was nonetheless loads of love for KAT, although the Wolves ended up shedding to the Charlotte Hornets, 128-125. Like Embiid, he additionally acquired a shoutout from LeBron James.

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